The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-04
TIE MURDERED HIS MOTHER.
A TERRIBLE CRIME BROUGHT HOME
TO YOUNG ASBURY HAWKINS

TO YOUNG ASBURY HAWKINS
ops Bloody Piece Of Evidence After Another
Comes to Light. aud no 10 Driven to Com
Eessien-Ursed by Necessity to Marry To-
day Girl whom his Rich Mother Hated.
Is1rP. Oct. s.-The murder Of Mrs. Gym
thisna Hawkins. the nows OF which was such
shock to the little Long Island village at
church time yesterday. proves to have been.
"A suspected. the work OF her son, Franklin
Asbury Hawkins. Thia suspicion followed Inn
medntely upon the discovery OF the body, and
the authorities Of the town were rapidly devei-
oping It to o certainty when their labors were
practically brought to an end by the young
mans confession.
The murdered woman was tho widow Of
franklin L. Hawkins. a lumber merchant Of
Isllp. who died about seven years ago. leaving
her in comfortable circumstances. Both
through her marriage and through her own
family, the Clocks, she occupied high station
in south side Long Island society. In the vii
lage especially she was well known In social
and church circles. and the shock Of tho news
Of her terrible death came with crushing force
as her fellow church mombers wore gathering
at the Methodist church for the morning ser
vice. Her body was found about 8 O'Clock
at the sde OF the Brentwood road, a milo
from lakewood Cemetery, by Superintendent
Joseph Preston Of the cemetery and William
Gooder. who were driving along tho road. 1t
was made conspicuous by q bright red shawl,
or II might have been undiscovered for some
time longer. A wagon had passed shortly be-
foro and its occupants had failed to mako the
terrible discovery. Other wagon tracks showed
that tho body had bsen brought there in
vahiclo that had turned a little further on and
gone back toward Islip. Tho finders of the
ONO that murder had boon committed:
Ihs xoman rs lace .. was cut anu anu 'l haaUa
% Win he Dnows ~ So ". p,u ms",s
and NOTIFIED Justice Seth r. Plat Ee drove to
the snot after telecraphinr to Coroner Edwards
81 I0 p srpl On tho way he met p ]. Haw-
k!ns .ne naaS ., hro e Tpav su
looking for her. as it had just been discovered
that there was something strange in her ap-
senos from home. Tho absence had not been
noticed earlier. as she was thought to have
These gentlemen went and looked at the
body. At first they did not recognize it, but
soon tney saw u was sne: IN tne mean .lme
keen eyes had scanned the sarroundlngs IN
p pssuiiarisiss in the points made BY the shoes
Of the horse tina. was atsashsd to the wagon ,s'
wnoeo sAaoA' MoIo o,.ues wy"
the tragedy. The right fore foot OF the horse
was marrow. and the shoe mark was almost
IKE that OF sollo rouno snoe. the iel' hlio
shoe was worn on one side and had some pc
ouliarities Of workmanship. This was soon
Ss @srf horse owned By ERsaIs Mt s sS%
municated with. he said the horse was used
~ Vonn1 HaVfins. tbe son OF the murdered
On saturday. Telling Snedeker when he did 50:
You needn't bother to wash that buggy, I
VIII vsnt Il early In the morning" $50
b1eay aaain In Tie s morning and was then still
ons With Il, having said that he was going to
Northport. a careful examination Of the place
arc ~ TSe
pioion that young Hawkins had, killed his
mined on. snp S Kobbins and Constable
beIIsyad that he had told the truth about going
there. as they knew that lie was in love with
Hattie Schreok. who lives there.
In Main stfeet had been accompiished In the
mean time BY Seth r. Clock another brother
Of the murdered woman. inquiry at the house
tsey no Shs upon the matter Mrs Hay
Grace. Is years old. q son years old, and two
these Grace was the last to retire on Saturday
O'clock, her mother sat reading, but said that
abe would soon be up. No one had noticed
that she did not go to bed at all until the dis
i the end the
way to "a out with him In the buggy,
The excitement over the discoveries Of the
morning and the still more sensational theories
And the msmai Rahhafh GI1ief If the straet was